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Urine sample collection device

a collection device and urine technology, applied in the field of urine sample collection devices, can solve the problems of not easy or sanitary for anyone, difficult for many people to effectively hold a urine sample cup, and difficult for many people to give urine samples, etc., to achieve the effect of convenient and effective collection of urine samples, convenient use, and economical manufactur

Active Publication Date: 2006-03-14
SAMPLE RITE
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[0006]A support apparatus supports a urine collection device on a toilet. An attachment section attaches to a sample holder and a collection section receives and directs urine into the sample holder. The urine collection device allows most people to collect their own urine sample easily and effectively. The sample device has the advantage of collecting a “mid-stream” urine flow thus eliminating having to pour a urine sample into a sample cup. The device is easy to use, economical to manufacture, and allows people to give a urine sample in privacy.

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It is difficult for many people to hold a urine sample cup effectively to catch their own urine stream flow.
It is even more difficult for the elderly, disabled, overweight, pregnant and very young to give urine samples.
It is not easy or sanitary for anyone.
Trying to catch a “mid-stream” flow multiplies the difficulties.
When patients or sample-givers are faced with the indignity of someone else holding the urine sample cup for them, it sometimes becomes impossible for the patient to pass urine on demand.
It is also time consuming, unsanitary and difficult for the nurses.
This is time consuming and unsanitary for the nurses and patients.
The nurse's hat also becomes a medical waste disposal issue because it is large and bulky and creates a large volume of waste.

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[0011]Referring to FIG. 1, the Urine Sample Collection Device (USCD) 12 is a hands-free, self-supporting urine sample funneling and mid-stream collecting system for male or female people. The USCD 12 includes support arms 13 that support the USCD 12 on top of a toilet bowl 15. A collection section 14 collects urine from a user and funnels the urine toward an opening 18 in a sample cup attachment section 20. A urine sample cup 16 is attached underneath section 20 for retaining the urine funneled down from collection section 14.

[0012]The USCD 12 collects the urine sample by first being placed on the toilet bowl 15 or on top of the toilet seat 22. The thinness and narrow width of the support arms 13 allow the USCD 12 to be placed on top of the toilet bowl 15 and the toilet seat 22 placed down on top of the USCD 12 and bowl 15. The USCD 12 is secured in position by the weight of the user sitting on top of the toilet seat 22. In an alternative embodiment, the USCD 12 is placed across the...

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Abstract

A urine collection device includes a support apparatus for supporting the urine collection device on a toilet. An attachment section attaches to a sample holder and a collection section receives and directs urine into the sample holder.

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[0001]This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60 / 462,986, filed Apr. 14, 2003.BACKGROUND[0002]It is difficult for many people to hold a urine sample cup effectively to catch their own urine stream flow. It is even more difficult for the elderly, disabled, overweight, pregnant and very young to give urine samples. It is not easy or sanitary for anyone. Trying to catch a “mid-stream” flow multiplies the difficulties. A mid-stream flow refers to a urine sample that does not include the initial portion of a urine stream. In other words, a urine sample taken after the patent has already started urinating. Mid-stream urine samples can be important, since the initial portion of the urine stream may be contaminated.[0003]When patients or sample-givers are faced with the indignity of someone else holding the urine sample cup for them, it sometimes becomes impossible for the patient to pass urine on demand. It is also time consuming, unsanitary and difficult for the...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/00A61M1/00A61B10/00
CPCA61B10/007A61B10/0096
Inventor PAASCH, ROBERT W.WOODWARD, MICHAEL J.
Owner SAMPLE RITE
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